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Early Help & Family Support

North Lanarkshire Council

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

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03 Aug 2026 at 16:03

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Award

13 Mar 2024 at 10:27

Award Notice
Tender

26 Oct 2023 at 13:30

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

North Lanarkshire Council commissioned a single-supplier early help and family support service for families across North Lanarkshire who need preventative support. The requirement forms part of the Scottish Government’s Whole Family Wellbeing Fund and is classified as social work and related services. Delivery is across North Lanarkshire, with the council as the buying organisation. The service is intended to provide early intervention and support tailored to families and their communities, rather than a one-off intervention. It covers one lot and is a public service contract delivered in partnership with local providers. The selected supplier is Barnardo’s, a large voluntary-sector organisation with experience in family and social support services.

This procurement has been awarded and the contract is active. North Lanarkshire Council used an open procedure for social and other specific services, with electronic submission in English. It covered one lot, with an estimated value of £4,080,000 and a contract duration of 1,080 days. The tender submission deadline was 23 November 2023 at 12:00. Three bids were received, including two from SMEs, and all three were submitted electronically. Barnardo’s was awarded the contract and it was signed on 13 March 2024. The original contract value was £4,080,000. A later modification increased the maximum contract value to £5,562,400 because changing provider was considered likely to disrupt service delivery. The award criteria were set out in the procurement documents.

This requirement is most relevant to organisations providing early help, preventative family support, social work or closely related community services. A credible future competitor would need to demonstrate the ability to support families across North Lanarkshire through a coordinated partnership of local providers, with delivery shaped around individual communities. The incumbent model shows that the buyer values established local relationships, continuity of support and sufficient operational capacity to work with families within 48 hours of referral. Providers should therefore be able to mobilise and manage a distributed service, maintain dependable referral response times, and evidence effective family outcomes. Charities, social enterprises, local authority partners and specialist family-support providers with comparable community delivery experience are likely to be well placed.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Early Help & Family Support

Notice Description

As part of the Scottish Government's Whole Family Wellbeing Fund, North Lanarkshire Council (NLC) intend to establish a single supplier contract to provide a service for early help and take a preventative approach to providing support to families across North Lanarkshire who need it.

Lot Information

Lot 1

As part of the Scottish Government's Whole Family Wellbeing Fund, North Lanarkshire Council (NLC) intend to establish a single supplier contract to provide a service for early help and take a preventative approach to providing support to families across North Lanarkshire who need it.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-040f43
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/073335-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

85 - Health and social work services

CPV Codes

85300000 - Social work and related services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£4,080,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£4,080,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£9,642,400 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
3 Aug 20263 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
23 Nov 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
13 Mar 20242 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
North Lanarkshire Council
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
MOTHERWELL
Postcode
ML1 1AB
Postcode Area
Motherwell
Country
Scotland
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM3 West Central Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM34 North Lanarkshire
Delivery Location
TLM84 North Lanarkshire
Local Authority
North Lanarkshire
Electoral Ward
Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig
Westminster Constituency
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Barnardo's

Further Information

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